140 likes | 240 Views
Parts of speech. Noun - Countability. Types of nouns. Countable nouns. a/ an : a book , an apple ; plural ; question : How many? How many books are there ? There are four books . Numbers : one book , two books. Countable nouns. Uncountable nouns.
E N D
Parts of speech Noun - Countability
Countablenouns • a/an: a book, anapple; • plural; question: How many? How many books are there? There are fourbooks. • Numbers: onebook, twobooks.
Uncountablenouns • We don’t use a/an: sugar, truth; Love iseverything. • We don’t use plural; question: How much? How much itcosts? Threepounds. • We don’t use numberswiththem.
Items to countit. • A sheet of paper . • A loaf of bread. • A slice of ham. • A piece of advice. • A glass of water. • A box of milk • A bag of sugar. • A bar of chocolate.
Literatura ALEXANDER, L. G. LongmanEnglishGrammar.1. vyd. London and New York: Longman, 1988. ISBN 0-582-55892-1. SVOBODA, A., KUČERA, K. English Parts of Speech. 1. vyd. Opava: SU v Opavě, 2005. ISBN 80-7248-199-1.
Task • Givesomeexamples of countablenouns. • Givesomeexamples of uncountablenouns. • Use thesameword as a countable/anuncoutablenoun in sentences.